Hello!
As you may have noticed, some Kindle Fire ROMs have a Camera app built into them. Normally, this app is useless. I was thinking about this the other day and an idea occured to me. Would it be possible to plug in a USB webcam into the Fire via a USB OTG cable and have it be able to take pictures with the Camera app? Don't know if this is possible or not, just thought I'd ask. Thanks!
I'm fairly certain that this is impossible.
Feel free to try it if you like though.
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Ah thats too bad. Would be awesome if this was possible.
Should be possible.....but I am not sure. As long as it is a webcam for Android devices....and it uses Micro-USB....It should work. Probably depends on your ROM.
i bought a Micro USB OTG to USB 2.0 Adapter and i used a standard usb webcam to used skype, on twi_priv sgt7 jellybean rom, and it works!!!
tobiascuypers said:
i bought a Micro USB OTG to USB 2.0 Adapter and i used a standard usb webcam to used skype, on twi_priv sgt7 jellybean rom, and it works!!!
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Could you give me the model number of the cable and webcam and where you bought it? Also, does the Camera app work or just skype?
tobiascuypers said:
i bought a Micro USB OTG to USB 2.0 Adapter and i used a standard usb webcam to used skype, on twi_priv sgt7 jellybean rom, and it works!!!
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Woah, you got Skype to work so you can have two-way video conversation? Tell me everything! How did you work this dark magic?
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What camera do I need for this to work? Would be awesome to do with Skype or a Google+ Hangout
Where did that other guy go that said he was able to use a camera with Skype?
sorry i havent checked this thread for a while and the camera app doesnt work on it, but theres no mic so i cant talk to people just see them,
Would it be possible to use a different USB camera that has a microphone and have it work with Skype?
idk possibly, but i gave my camera and otg cable to my friend, i dont use my kindle with skype anymore, i use my new asus transformer! its pretty sweet
Can you give us a link to the exact model of webcam that you had?
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I tried a logitech C570 (I think) HD 720P USB webcam today and it didn't work.
I'm using HashCodes [ROM/KERNEL] UNOFFICIAL CM10 + 3.x Kernel for Kindle Fire [09/16 CHARGING+]
anyone had any luck with this? I'm interested if this is really possible.
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I'm trying to get Netflix to display on TV via HDMI output. Got a HDMI cable - and but no picture to HDTV when running the app on phone.
I did a google search - and read that the app needs to enable HDMI on this phone? Being that this is a new cable - I don't know if Netflix app enables HDMI on this phone - or if I have a bad cable that I need to swap out - or if I'm trying to do something with this phone - that it's just not capable of doing.
1) Does Netflix display via HDMI - with unrooted Evo 4G
2) Does Netflix display via HDMI with rooted EVO 4G
3) Is there a known app that works with HDMI - so I can test to see if my cable is any good?
Thanks
nook-color said:
I'm trying to get Netflix to display on TV via HDMI output. Got a HDMI cable - and but no picture to HDTV when running the app on phone.
I did a google search - and read that the app needs to enable HDMI on this phone? Being that this is a new cable - I don't know if Netflix app enables HDMI on this phone - or if I have a bad cable that I need to swap out - or if I'm trying to do something with this phone - that it's just not capable of doing.
1) Does Netflix display via HDMI - with unrooted Evo 4G
2) Does Netflix display via HDMI with rooted EVO 4G
3) Is there a known app that works with HDMI - so I can test to see if my cable is any good?
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1) No, must have a kernel installed that supports HDMwIn. It'll mirror your phone, so that anything that you see on your screen will appear on your HDTV. I'm running CM7 with Tiamat kernel and am able to watch netflix with the cable.
2) Yes/No, the Evo was limited by the manufacturer so you'll need to use HDMwIn. Again, you'll still need a supported kernel. But now that you're rooted, you can flash the kernel.
3)HDMwIn. It works.
btw, I got my cable for $6, so you don't have to spend a grip
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If your on a sense 2.3 rom then you cannot use HDMwIn. Must be aosp 2.3 or sense 2.2
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spyd312 said:
btw, I got my cable for $6, so you don't have to spend a grip
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Beat ya - Only paid 3.50 for mine
nook-color said:
Beat ya - Only paid 3.50 for mine
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For 10ft? Damn, that's a good price dude.
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Anyone know why HDMIWin doesn't support the newer ROMs, or if there are plans to support sense 3.0 based ROMs on android 2.3?
Does flashing a different kernel work with synergy RLS1?
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Anyone know why HDMIWin doesn't support the newer ROMs, or if there are plans to support sense 3.0 based ROMs on android 2.3?
Does flashing a different kernel work with synergy RLS1?
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Agraben is working on the kernel fixes needed for HDMI on Gingersense roms.
You can follow along here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987592
I have an EVO 4g & an HDMI cable. However, not sure how to get the video from the video to appear on the TV..
Hook small end of the hdmi cable into phone, then plug into tv, change the channel. Lol. Every tv has different settings so its going to be on one of the main like the channel you play games on or use it for cable or what. Just flip through your channel settings and make sure to check if anything poped up on your phone about it
On my tv anyway, I have to select input, then hdmi 3. Yours will depend on which hdmi hookup you used.
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I have an EVO 4g & an HDMI cable. However, not sure how to get the video from the video to appear on the TV..
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Are you stock, what ROM are you using?
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Do you have an HDMI cable or a micro HDMI cable? (does one end fit into the phone?)
If your using a stock ROM with a stock kernel you will only be able to display video from youtube and the video app. To mirror the display from your phone you will need to flash a different kernel. This is assuming that you are rooted of corse. I like the plane old poonsense 2.2.3 kernel. Maybe there are better kernels out there, but this one has never given me any problems. I've tried others and they didn't play well with my phone. Get kernel manager in the play store, or marker or whatever it's called now. It will give you a list of compatible kernels for your phone.
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The best evo kernel is lionfish. It has hdmi mirroring and great battery life. Made for sense roms
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Im not on sense...Im using the MIUI ROM w/savage zen kernel 2.2.1 Its been the best performing ROM in every way for me. But when I connect the phone to the TV I get nothing...lol Do I need a separate program on my phone to make it work?
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Im not on sense...Im using the MIUI ROM w/savage zen kernel 2.2.1 Its been the best performing ROM in every way for me. But when I connect the phone to the TV I get nothing...lol Do I need a separate program on my phone to make it work?
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You need to have a kernel that supports hdmi out, not sure if that rom/kernel will work. The stock rom definitely works, as far as I know all custom kernels from the latest OTA don't have it working.
What app are you trying to stream from? You may need an HDMI mirroring app.
I am trying to watch sum movies thru QQ player. Is there a better video player on the market? Where can I get an HDMI mirroring app? I really dont want to go back to stock ROM...MIUI has been great.
bump anyone?
If you do not want to go back to stock entirely, investigate some of the dual boot methods. You can boot into another ROM watch your vids and boot back into Miui.
Can do the same without the dual boot specific steps by setting up the ROM that will play vids and nandroiding it,etc
Pivo187 said:
I am trying to watch sum movies thru QQ player. Is there a better video player on the market? Where can I get an HDMI mirroring app? I really dont want to go back to stock ROM...MIUI has been great.
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If you want to do HDMI mirroring, I think you have to go back to a froyo 2.2 rom and use TeamWin HDMI mirroring app and kernel. Froyo is the last rom I heard that works on, I haven't seen anything that they got it working on GB.
What is the easiest and fastest way to get HDMI working? What ROMs supports it?
Any cm7 based rom works. Decks reloaded works amazing with HDMI.
Download the hdmwin app from the market and grant super user permission. Also download the v8 deamon that comes with it. Set the settings to route audio, CPU to max, keep screen on and make sure you plug it in when you are mirroring. You will need to restart after the initial settings of the settings. Plug in select mirror and if doesn't work right away take the cable out and plug it in again. It can be stubborn sometimes.
I use it all the time while having the evo synced to a wiimote to control it.
platinumPenguin i tried using HDMI win but it doesnt work..How did you get it working? ANd what is v8 deamon i dont see it in the market??
Pivo187 said:
platinumPenguin i tried using HDMI win but it doesnt work..How did you get it working? ANd what is v8 deamon i dont see it in the market??
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Yo Pivo flash this thru recovery on any sense rom and you straight.
Has anyone else tried using MHL or OTG on a Jelly Bean ROM? Both don't work for me. Is there any way to fix this?
I couldn't get mhl to work until i upgraded to jelly bean, now it works awesome. Do all usb cables work except mhl and otg?
Could be a hardware problem
Just used MHL a few hours ago with no problems on JB
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Has anyone else tried using MHL or OTG on a Jelly Bean ROM? Both don't work for me. Is there any way to fix this?
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I use stickmount,and it works find on Jelly bean
OTG doesnt seem to work, it seems to mount the USB stick but you cant see the contents or add stuff to the USB stick
Same problems here. It mounts but won't read any content off the USB stick. I'm trying to play some mkv files through MXplayer and it just keeps saying video cannot be played. Same with MP4 and using the gallery app. Both work respectively once the files are on the internal storage.
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Same problems here. It mounts but won't read any content off the USB stick. I'm trying to play some mkv files through MXplayer and it just keeps saying video cannot be played.
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MXPlayer is not compatible with JB before the most recent update (last night)
OTG does work but you can only see the contents of a drive with root explorer or equivalent it seems. If i don't have root level access i can't see the drive...
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MXPlayer is not compatible with JB before the most recent update (last night)
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This was with the updated MXPlayer.
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Same problems here. It mounts but won't read any content off the USB stick. I'm trying to play some mkv files through MXplayer and it just keeps saying video cannot be played. Same with MP4 and using the gallery app. Both work respectively once the files are on the internal storage.
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stickmount works fine here. maybe you're just not looking at the right directory for the usb stick. jelly bean creats a new directory for the sdcard, so instead of looking in phone/sdcard/usbStorage/, go look in phone/storage/sdcard0/usbStorage. Voila, the contents are there. =)
im on bigxies' JB version 1 and franco's r210 kernel, by the way.
Doesn't work for me.
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stickmount works fine here. maybe you're just not looking at the right directory for the usb stick. jelly bean creats a new directory for the sdcard, so instead of looking in phone/sdcard/usbStorage/, go look in phone/storage/sdcard0/usbStorage. Voila, the contents are there. =)
im on bigxies' JB version 1 and franco's r210 kernel, by the way.
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Works for me, I can see the files using this path.
MHL Working correctly
but I noticed that the battery must be higher then 50% to work ( even with charger on ).
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MHL Working correctly
but I noticed that the battery must be higher then 50% to work ( even with charger on ).
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I think you need a charger to use mhl. Mhl is supposed to be powered externally. Depending on the amperage of your charger decides whether you get charged or not.
butter and jelly please...
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I think you need a charger to use mhl. Mhl is supposed to be powered externally. Depending on the amperage of your charger decides whether you get charged or not.
butter and jelly please...
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Yes the charger must be on of course..
I was saying:
charger on but battery < 50% charging = no go
Stickmount has been updated, external USB storage now works great
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Stickmount has been updated, external USB storage now works great
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Thanks for the tip man. Now Stickmount works great
I have a problem with my MHL, I'm on Jellybro and the output is bigger than the screen (can't see any border), is the problem only related to jellybro?
In JB also we need to root??
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In JB also we need to root??
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also wondering this
I browsed and didn't find this topic. Has anybody checked to see if the usb port can host? I would love to use this to remote control my camera for shoots. Via https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.dslrcontroller
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colonel187 said:
I browsed and didn't find this topic. Has anybody checked to see if the usb port can host? I would love to use this to remote control my camera for shoots. Via https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.dslrcontroller
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<<EDIT>> Chainfire does some awesome app development. You could PM him here on XDA for compatibility. I think he has a Note2 now or is able to give you a feel for how it will work, as that is a paid app.
OTG works fine from a OTG Cable and from Juiced Systems 4-in-1. I've used it for media transfer from my USB flash. Sadly the 4-in-1 will not charge the SGN2 in any case (attached to power, with/without flash memory attached) as it is stated to do for S2.
I'm still testing external USB hub / mouse / keyboard / USB HDD abilities, but all looks very nicely implemented.
I hope to get the desktop dock which would combine concurrent use of:
Charging
OTG usb devices (x3)
Audio output to powered amp
HDMI output to large video display.
Nice. Thanks for the info.
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So far, this is the oddest thing I could think to attach that works...
https://picasaweb.google.com/112607452244074089536/InstantUpload#5810512089907143858
Also found out my wife's ccd barcode scanner works! Sure we have the camera, but if you're using it to input a crap ton of asset tag numbers into an excel spreadsheet, or web based app, that doesn't work so well.
So all I wanna do is be able to use a mhl HDMI-type c adapter to mirror my z2 too much pioneer radio [emoji16] seems that all the talk is out of the box this phone will only cast/mirror with chrome cast . Then I heard can edit a line in build prop to get it to work .
What's my work around to get what I need working.
Using a HDMI -rca av converter cable and need a mhl adapter to mirror to my head unit .
But like mentioned in hopes there is a fix with the build prop that will enable mhl.
Anyone chime in or confirm?
And if so what do I need to edit .
Or do I need to ditch this phone that I love so much over a galaxy .
Unfortunately I prefer to use mirroring a little more for leisure needs watching show box...Netflix etc... In car on the touch screen over not having a device that can cast .
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build.pro. I haven't tested HDMI but i did add it and I also added miracast support. I test miracast with my LG tv and it works.
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build.pro. I haven't tested HDMI but i did add it and I also added miracast support. I test miracast with my LG tv and it works.
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Can you tell me what it took what you added or removed in build prop line to get miricast
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I'm goin to root Oreo And do this just curious what value you changed in build prop
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And did you use a mhl adapter with your lg tv? Or wireless cast with a dongle?
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And did you use a mhl adapter with your lg tv? Or wireless cast with a dongle?
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wireless "mira" cast. Built into the tv.
#hdmi
ro.hdmi.enable=true
ro.hdmi.mirror.enable=true
#miracast
persist.debug.wfd.enable=1
Hey can you report back if this works for a mhl to hdmi cable
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wireless "mira" cast. Built into the tv.
#hdmi
ro.hdmi.enable=true
ro.hdmi.mirror.enable=true
#miracast
persist.debug.wfd.enable=1
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Does the HDMI hack work? I need to use a USB-C to an HDMI box to output phone power and video for Epson Moverio glasses....... Dead in the water and not sure how to root and if rooting will let me pull this off.
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wireless "mira" cast. Built into the tv.
#hdmi
ro.hdmi.enable=true
ro.hdmi.mirror.enable=true
#miracast
persist.debug.wfd.enable=1
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Could it be posible to get "MirrorLink" working with this solution but adding a for this option?
Enabling MiraCast via build.prop on rooted phones is a regular thing, but enabling HDMI, that would be intresting.
If you're desperate for the HDMI, you can buy the MDK (Moto Mod development kit) around 130 Euro/USD and it has SlimPort on it (I'm using it occassionally as improvised DEX )
apocalypse_bg said:
Enabling MiraCast via build.prop on rooted phones is a regular thing, but enabling HDMI, that would be intresting.
If you're desperate for the HDMI, you can buy the MDK (Moto Mod development kit) around 130 Euro/USD and it has SlimPort on it (I'm using it occassionally as improvised DEX )
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I have come up with nothing from Moto on whether the hardware can support USB C to HDMI or not, but I sure could use the wired functionality for use with AR glasses / no lag. Has anyone successfully enabled MHL on a Z or Z2 (or Z3)?
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Enabling MiraCast via build.prop on rooted phones is a regular thing, but enabling HDMI, that would be intresting.
If you're desperate for the HDMI, you can buy the MDK (Moto Mod development kit) around 130 Euro/USD and it has SlimPort on it (I'm using it occassionally as improvised DEX )
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Is your usb3 port working on your moto mod mdk? I cannot get it to work with mine and I'm searching for about 2 months now for a solution...
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Is your usb3 port working on your moto mod mdk? I cannot get it to work with mine and I'm searching for about 2 months now for a solution...
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1. Have you flashed the MDK Display sample firmware?
2. Is your DIP-switch config as in the reference ?
3. Are you using a SlimPort microUSB to HDMI?
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1. Have you flashed the MDK Display sample firmware?
2. Is your DIP-switch config as in the reference ?
3. Are you using a SlimPort microUSB to HDMI?
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Sry, I seem to have expressed my concern incorrectly. I get the usb port #3 to work with ease. Display output is working fine. My problem is with the usb port #2, which i want to use in usb3(.1?) mode, which is not working for me with the github repos right now.